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January 22, 2024
Ed Kozak
Politics

House Jan 6 Committee Deleted Encrypted Files Days Before GOP Takeover.

The former House Select Committee on January 6 deleted 117 encrypted files days before Republicans took control of Congress, a forensic investigation by the Committee on House Administration’s Subcommittee on Oversight found.

The Subcommittee on Oversight, led by Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga), is currently tasked with investigating January 6 and was supposed to receive over four terabytes of data from the now-defunct Democract-led January 6 committee, helmed by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss). However, Loudermilk’s committee received hard drives containing less than three terabytes of data. This led the Subcommittee on Oversight to hire a digital forensics team to investigate what information was withheld. The team discovered that 117 files were encrypted and deleted on January 1, 2023, only days before Thompson’s committee was supposed to hand the files over to Loudermilk.

Although the missing files have been recovered, the majority are password-protected and cannot currently be accessed, Loudermilk explained in a letter to Thompson demanding that the passwords be handed over. Loudermilk has also sent letters to the White House and Department of Homeland Security requesting “unedited and unredacted transcripts” of testimony given to the January 6 Committee.

“It’s obvious that Pelosi’s Select Committee went to great lengths to prevent Americans from seeing certain documents produced in their investigation. It also appears that Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney intended to obstruct our Subcommittee by failing to preserve critical information and videos as required by House rules,” Loudermilk said in a statement given to Fox News Digital. “The American people deserve to know the full truth, and Speaker Johnson has empowered me to use all tools necessary to recover these documents to get the truth, and I will.”

Loudermilk previously revealed that video depositions of witnesses for the January 6 Committee were destroyed.
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The former House Select Committee on January 6 deleted 117 encrypted files days before Republicans took control of Congress, a forensic investigation by the Committee on House Administration's Subcommittee on Oversight found. show more
January 15, 2024
William Upton
Breaking
News

New Jan 6 Footage Shows Capitol Cop Perjured Himself, Lying About Whereabouts & Altercations with Oath Keepers.

Video evidence has emerged implicating Capitol Police Special Agent David Lazarus of having committed perjury in the prosecution of four members of the Oath Keepers organization for actions during the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot. The video, released by The Blaze, shows time-stamped security camera footage that directly contradicts sworn testimony by Lazarus as to where he was during a critical 20-minute period during the riot.

The security camera footage appears to indicate that Lazarus would have been unable to witness the events he claims he saw involving interactions between the four members of the Oath Keepers and Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn. Lazarus and Dunn were both critical witnesses for federal prosecutors in the Oath Keeper case – and hailed as heroes by President Joe Biden and former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

Officer Dunn Changes His Story.

In an initial FBI interview, Officer Dunn indicated four members of the Oath Keepers had stood between himself and agitated rioters, to de-escalate the situation. Video footage from the incident shows Officer Dunn himself making threats and behaving erratically before the Oath Keepers stepped in and formed a barrier between the officer and rioters. However, Dunn’s story changed in a subsequent interview with him claiming the Oath Keepers had not helped him but were themselves instigating further aggression.

Security Footage Disproves Lazarus’s Claims

During the Oath Keeper trial, Officer Dunn’s new recollection of events was corroborated by Capitol Police Special Agent David Lazarus who claimed he witnessed an altercation between Dunn and the Oath Keepers on several occasions. However, the complete timeline of video evidence, released by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, clearly indicates Lazarus was not in the vicinity of Dunn when the alleged altercation occurred but was a quarter-mile away in the Senate office buildings.

Lazarus did not arrive in the stairwell where Dunn was located until after the Oath Keepers had already left the area and can be seen exiting the Capitol Rotunda through the east doors.

DOJ Cover-Up.

The Blaze’s Steve Baker claims it is unlikely Lazarus and Dunn concocted the story themselves and were instead put up to it by superiors in the federal government. The two differing accounts given by Officer Dunn to the FBI do lend credibility to this claim, suggesting someone within the DOJ may have pressured the officer to point the finger at the Oath Keeper members.

Evidence Hidden.

During the Oath Keeper trial, the video evidence found in the Capitol security camera footage was not made available to the defendants or their attorneys. However, now that it has been made public and calls into question the testimony of two of the government’s key witnesses there will likely be calls for a retrial. Whether a new trial will be granted remains to be seen.

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Video evidence has emerged implicating Capitol Police Special Agent David Lazarus of having committed perjury in the prosecution of four members of the Oath Keepers organization for actions during the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot. The video, released by The Blaze, shows time-stamped security camera footage that directly contradicts sworn testimony by Lazarus as to where he was during a critical 20-minute period during the riot. show more

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January 12, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Corruption
News

EXPLOSIVE REPORT: Army Official Says Mark Milley Delayed National Guard Response to Jan 6 ‘Then Lied About It’.

Colonel Earl G. Matthews, senior legal adviser to Major General William J. Walker, who commanded the Washington D.C. National Guard on January 6th, 2021, has blamed former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley for letting the protest get out of hand. The colonel compared the now-retired Milley to the murderous Don Emilio Barzini, who served as Don Vito Corleone’s arch-nemesis in The Godfather.

“Milley controlled the Army,” Matthews told reporter Neil McCabe, arguing that while the Joint Chiefs boss lacked legal authority within the chain of command, he instead leveraged his profound influence and contacts in the Pentagon to delay the Guard’s response.

“The problem was not with Donald Trump; it’s Mark Milley and the Army leadership in control. They stopped the Guard from coming then lied about it and said the Guard acted at sprint speed,” Matthews explained.

“Milley is the Don Barzini of the Deep State… the most powerful chairman of the joint chiefs in history,” he continued. “It was Milley all along, and I didn’t realize it. Milley was manipulating this entire stuff from point start.”

“This is about civilian control of the military. There was none. There is none. I argue that — Mark Milley had more control over the D.C. Guard on Jan. 6 than Donald Trump did — if Donald Trump wanted to call the Guard to go to the Capitol, Milley wouldn’t let him do it.”

Maj. Gen. Walker, who commanded the D.C. Guard until April 2021, previously testified that he asked the Army leadership to authorize the deployment of the Guard as soon as then-Chief of U.S. Capitol Police Steven Sund requested it, but he was kept waiting for three hours and 19 minutes.

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Colonel Earl G. Matthews, senior legal adviser to Major General William J. Walker, who commanded the Washington D.C. National Guard on January 6th, 2021, has blamed former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley for letting the protest get out of hand. The colonel compared the now-retired Milley to the murderous Don Emilio Barzini, who served as Don Vito Corleone's arch-nemesis in The Godfather. show more
January 9, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics

D.C. Trump Prosecutor Had to Go BACK to College Because His Egyptian Human Rights Degree Didn’t Allow Him to Practice Law.

Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney James Pearce, who represented Jack Smith’s prosecution team against Donald Trump in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, worked as a law officer at the United Nations (UN) despite the fact his law degree did not actually allow him to practice law.

Pearce, who struggled to defend the DOJ position against Trump attorney Dean John Sauer before the D.C. Court of Appeals on Tuesday, is a history major who initially taught migrant children in Turkey after graduating. After a few years, he made efforts to “upskill” himself, enrolling at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, and graduating with a degree in human rights law.

He was able to parlay this into a job as a rule of law officer with the corruption-riddled United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Darfur, Sudan — despite not actually being qualified to practice law.

“I was the only one among the rule of law officers in the office who didn’t have a degree that allowed me to practice law,” Pearce admitted in 2008. He also disclosed he “wasn’t really sure that” he and his UN colleagues “were accomplishing that much” in Darfur.

The low value of Pearce’s Egyptian degree forced him to return to college in the United States before he could reinvent himself at the DOJ, where he began work in 2015. He has subsequently been involved in several cases related to Jan 6, which he has described as “an act of domestic terrorism.”

His opposite number in Trump’s D.C. appeal, Dean John Sauer, has a much more robust background. Sauer is a former law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, and a former Solicitor General of Missouri.

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Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney James Pearce, who represented Jack Smith's prosecution team against Donald Trump in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, worked as a law officer at the United Nations (UN) despite the fact his law degree did not actually allow him to practice law. show more
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January 9, 2024
News

Ray Epps, Who Confessed to ‘Orchestrating’ Jan 6, Gets Just 1 Year Probation & $500 Fine.

On Tuesday, Ray Epps, the man who encouraged protestors to storm the Capitol on January 6th and admitted to having “orchestrated” the violence that day, was sentenced to just one year of probation for his actions.

The ruling was made by Chief Judge James Boasberg during a remote hearing held in Washington, DC. Epps, who previously pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, will also perform 100 hours of community service as part of his sentence and was fined $500 by the court. Epps’s probation comes without any travel restrictions.

Prior to the events of January 6th, Epps was filmed saying, “We need to go into the Capitol,” and later texted his nephew confessing that he had “orchestrated it,” referring to the riots.

Epps is suspected by many observers of being an undercover agent working on behalf of the authorities, but federal prosecutors have denied the accusations, stating that aside from “his four years in the Marines, Epps has never been a federal agent.”

Over 1,200 individuals who took part in demonstrations on January 6th have faced legal repercussions. The Biden regime’s Justice Department has handed down nearly 850 years of combined prison time to approximately 450 defendants so far. Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, was charged with seditious conspiracy despite not being physically present at the Capitol on January 6th. He received the lengthiest sentence of 22 years.

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On Tuesday, Ray Epps, the man who encouraged protestors to storm the Capitol on January 6th and admitted to having "orchestrated" the violence that day, was sentenced to just one year of probation for his actions. show more

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January 9, 2024
News

Ashli Babbitt’s Family Files $30 Million Wrongful-Death Suit.

The family of Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed by police during the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, has filed a $30 million wrongful death action in Southern California.

Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran and Trump supporter, was assassinated at point-blank range by Capitol Police Officer Lt. Michael Byrd while trying to climb through a window near the House Chamber. Byrd admitted not seeing a weapon on Babbitt before discharging his firearm. The legal action introduces disconcerting facts relating to the shooting, alleging Babbitt’s hands were in plain sight and visibly empty when she was killed:

Ashli could not have seen Lt. Byrd, who was positioned far to Ashli’s left and on the opposite side of the doors, near an opening to the Retiring Room, a distance of approximately 15 feet and an angle of approximately 160 degrees. Sgt. Timothy Lively, one of the armed officers guarding the lobby doors from the hallway, later told officials investigating the shooting, ‘I saw him . . . there was no way that woman would’ve seen that.’ Lt. Byrd, who was not in uniform, did not identify himself as a police officer or otherwise make his presence known to Ashli. Lt. Byrd did not give Ashli any warnings or commands before shooting her dead.

The complaint also alleges that Officer Byrd gave a false “shots fired” report following his shooting Babbitt:

At 2:45 p.m., or within one minute after shooting Ashli, Lt. Byrd made the following radio call: ‘405B. We got shots fired in the lobby. We got shots fired in the lobby of the House chamber. Shots are being fired at us and we’re sh, uhh, prepared to fire back at them. We have guns drawn. Please don’t leave that end. Don’t leave that end.’ Approximately 35 seconds later, Lt. Byrd made another radio call, stating, ‘405B. We got an injured person. I believe that person was shot.’ In fact, no shots were fired at Lt. Byrd or his fellow officers. The only shot fired was the single shot Lt. Byrd fired at Ashli. He heard the loud noise of the gunshot. He saw her fall backwards from the window frame.

You can read the entire filing here.

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The family of Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed by police during the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, has filed a $30 million wrongful death action in Southern California. show more
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January 9, 2024
News

Even Mitt Romney Thinks Jan 6 Is A Political ‘Dead Horse.’

Utah Senator Mitt Romney, in a recent interview, warned President Joe Biden against using the January 6 Capitol attack in his campaign against Donald Trump, deeming it a “dead political horse.”

“Jan 6 will be four years old by the election. People have processed it, one way or another,” he said. “Biden needs fresh material, a new attack, rather than kicking a dead political horse,” Romney said in an interview with The New York Times. 

Romney, who is retiring from the Senate this year, has been a consistent critic of Trump and voted to convict the 45th President in both impeachment trials.

The Utah Senator’s comments come as President Biden has made Trump’s alleged support for “insurrection” a key theme of his campaign. “Donald Trump’s campaign is about him, not America. Not you. Donald Trump’s campaign is obsessed with the past, not the future. He’s willing to sacrifice our democracy [to] put himself in power,” Biden said in a speech on Friday.

Romney recently described himself as a “turd in the punch bowl” for a biography of himself which failed to attract any interest.
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Utah Senator Mitt Romney, in a recent interview, warned President Joe Biden against using the January 6 Capitol attack in his campaign against Donald Trump, deeming it a "dead political horse." show more
January 9, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Politics

Trump in DC Court at 0930AM EST. Listen Along Here.

Donald Trump is in Washington, D.C. today, at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse, where his lawyers will appeal he should be entitled to presidential immunity from prosecution by Jack Smith over January 6th.

Trump’s lawyers are also expected to argue the prosecution violates the principle of double jeopardy — meaning a man should not be tried twice for the same offense — as he was already cleared of wrongdoing over January 6th in the Senate trial which followed the Democrats’ failed impeachment of him in 2021.

The appeal will be heard by one George H. W. Bush appointee, Karen LeCraft Henderson, and two Joe Biden appointees, Florence Y. Pan and Michelle Childs.

You can listen here from around 0930 EST:

Smith had sought to skip the D.C. Court of Appeals and take the case directly to the Supreme Court, but Trump successfully argued against it. This means even if the current panel rules against Trump, he can appeal to be heard by the entire D.C. Court of Appeals en banc, and then finally the Supreme Court.

Even if Trump loses all of these appeals in D.C., a Democrat-dominated city, the delay helps the former President. His trial will likely have to be delayed under after the November elections if the D.C. appeals are not completed until relatively late in 2024.

While cameras and generally disallowed in federal courthouses, members of the public can listen to audio from the appeal hearing live from 9:30 a.m. EST.

 

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Donald Trump is in Washington, D.C. today, at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse, where his lawyers will appeal he should be entitled to presidential immunity from prosecution by Jack Smith over January 6th. show more
January 5, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024

J6 Protestors Were Not Patriotic, DeSantis Tells CNN.

Ron DeSantis has further alienated the America First conservatives he hoped to win over from Donald Trump’s base by disparaging January 6th protestors, denying they were motivated by patriotism.

Speaking at a CNN town hall, the Florida Governor was asked if “the January 6th insurrections display[ed] patriotism, as some of them claim they did” by an audience member.

“No, of course not,” DeSantis replied immediately. “I mean, that was not a good day for the country. I think the media has taken that, and I think the left has taken that, and really tried to politicize it, but it was not a good day for the country,” he added.

Claims Jan 6 was an “insurrection” have been disputed by even the likes of anti-Trump former CIA analyst Martin Gurri, who noted last year that there is “no such thing as an unarmed insurgency,” yet the only death on Jan 6 was Ashli Babbitt – “a young woman who was shot by a Capitol policeman [while] unarmed, as was the rest of the trespassing mob.”

DeSantis has been parroting the Democrat line on January 6th for some time, alleging Trump “was in the White House and didn’t do anything while things were going on,” and claiming he “should have come out more forcefully” against the protests.

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Ron DeSantis has further alienated the America First conservatives he hoped to win over from Donald Trump's base by disparaging January 6th protestors, denying they were motivated by patriotism. show more

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January 5, 2024
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Anti-Trump Jan 6 Capitol Cop Announces Congressional Run.

Former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn has announced his decision to run for Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District, which encompasses the state capitol Annapolis, Ellicott City, Lake Shore, Naval Academy, and more.

Dunn – who was on duty during the January 6 riots and cried during his testimony – has been an outspoken and public proponent of the “insurrection” hoax as part of the Democrats’ House January 6 Select Committee.

“Obviously, my experiences on January 6 I saw firsthand democracy under attack,” Dunn said in an interview with CNN. “It’s no exaggeration to say we are one election away from the extinction of our democracy as we know it right now,” Dunn asserted.

Dunn rose to prominence following a dramatic testimony given to the January 6 committee. “Capitol Police officers and Metropolitan Police officers, MPD, were engaged in desperate hand-to-hand fighting with rioters across the west lawn,” Dunn said. “I witnessed the rioters using all kinds of weapons against officers, including flagpoles, metal bike racks that they had torn apart, and various kinds of projectiles. Many were screaming, and many were blinded and coughing from chemical irritants being sprayed in their faces,” he claimed.

Dunn is seeking to replace Democrat John Sarbanes, who has announced his decision not to seek re-election in 2024.

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Former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn has announced his decision to run for Maryland's 3rd Congressional District, which encompasses the state capitol Annapolis, Ellicott City, Lake Shore, Naval Academy, and more. show more